MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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